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b. c. 1561, 2nd s. of William Byrd (d.1568)R. Griffin (Lord Braybrooke), Hist. Audley End, 291-2. of Saffron Walden, Essex, and Mary, da. and h. of James Woodhall, yeoman, of Saffron Walden.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 365-6. educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1581, aged 20, BCL 1583, DCL 1588; adv. 1589.Al. Ox. m. aft. 1613, Jane (bur. 1 Mar. 1645), da. and coh. of John Johnson, Merchant Taylor, of London, wid. of Richard Trafford of Low Leyton, Essex, s.p.The Gen. ii. 155. Kntd. 20 Mar. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. bur. 5 Sept. 1624 5 Sept. 1624.Lansd. 984, f. 31.
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Fell. All Souls, Oxf. 1587 – 1604, dean 1593; member, Doctors’ Commons 1590, treas. 1608–11;B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers in Eng. 211–12; G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 48. j.p. Saffron Walden, Essex 1602 – 03, Mdx. 1620–d.C181/1, ff. 35v, 65v; C231/4, f. 109; C193/13/1, f. 64v.; commr. piracy, London and home counties 1603–d.,C181/1, f. 67; 181/2, ff. 12v, 101v, 214, 220v, 299v, 339; 181/3, f. 79v. sewers, Mdx. 1604, Essex 1604, 1620,C181/1, f. 89v; 181/3, f. 19. Admlty. causes, Mdx. and home counties 1603–19,HCA 1/32/1, ff. 29, 38, 55, 90. assurances, London 1615,C181/2, f. 237. survey, Jersey 1617,CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580–1625, pp. 564, 582, 590; APC, 1616–17, pp. 187, 302. oyer and terminer, Essex 1622.C181/3, f. 68v.

Judge, High Ct. of Delegates 1597–1622;Levack, 211. master in Chancery (extraordinary) 1598, (ordinary) 1610–d.;C216/1/5; T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 90. judge, Prerogative Ct. of Canterbury 1611–d.;Levack, 211. dean of arches 1617–d.;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 53; Levack, 211. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620–d.R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 346.

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BYRD (BIRD), William (c.1561-1624), of London and Walthamstow, Essex
Main residences: London; Walthamstow, Essex.
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A.D.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BYRD (BIRD), William (c.1561-1624)

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Oxford 1644
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